The British government had already decided to continue the war when the British Expeditionary Force was felt lost. On May 26, 1940 the War Cabinet had discussed the still-neutral Benito Mussolini's offer to broker a negotiated end to the war. Two days later, Sir Winston Churchill convinced all of the members of the cabinet to continue fighting, no matter what the cost. However, the overall importance of returning at least two hundred thousand British fighting men cannot be downplayed, as this was at least seventy-five percent of the entire British Expeditionary Force in northern France.

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